It’s time to celebrate the sacred rite of voting in America

By: Sylvia Lovely

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: October 6, 2026

Words: 660

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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It was an early November day, cold and snowy. My father, Walter, was 85 and recovering from cataract surgery gone bad. He did the things an 85-year-old did – he read his newspaper daily despite an 8th grade education, told WWII stories, and doted on his grandchildren. But there was one more thing he did on that cold, snowy November morning.

Moving slowly with a patch securely over his left …

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